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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



113811 to 113821— Continued. 



or arching, stout biennial stems. The pin- 

 nate leaves, 6 to 10 inches long, are usual- 

 ly composed of seven ovate, dark lustrous- 

 green, coarsely toothed leaflets. The fruit, 

 varying in color from red to nearly black, 

 is edible but small and of poor flavor. 



For previous introduction see 104649. 



113815. Rubus ichangensis Hemsl. and 

 Kuntze. 



A straggling plant with white flowers, 

 found in thickets between 2,000 and 4,000 

 feet altitude in central and western China. 

 The small red fruits are of good flavor. 



For previous introduction see 26272. 



113816. Rubus lambertianus Seringe. 



A bramble with long slender square 

 evergreen stems, simple or three-lobed to 

 five-lobed leaves, bright green above and 

 lighter beneath, terminal clusters of small 

 white flowers, and red or yellow fruits. 

 Native to China. 



For previous introduction see 91831. 



113817. Rubus mesogaeus Focke. 



A bramble native to central China, with 

 slender climbing stems 12 to 15 feet long, 

 rather small flowers, and small globose 

 berries. 



For previous introduction see 50299. 



113818. Rubus occidentalis L. 



Common blackcap. 



For previous introduction see 92795. 



113819. Rubus pabvifolius L. 



A hardy raspberry with edible red 

 fruits, which are somewhat acid, not par- 

 ticularly juicy, but of good flavor. Native 

 to China and Japan. 



For previous introduction see 93977. 



113820. Rubus sbtchuenensis Bureau and 

 Franch. 



A deciduous straggling shrub about 2 

 feet high, with deeply-lobed, mallowlike 

 leaves, and many small purple flowers in 

 dens^ panicles followed by black fruits of 

 good flavor. Native to western China. 



113821. Rubus tephrodes Hance. 



A straggling shrub with branches about 

 15 feet long, terminal clusters of small 

 pink flowers, and rather large black fruits. 

 Closely related to Rubus chroosepalus. 

 Native to Kiangsi Province, China. 



113822 to 113835. Malus sylvestris 1 

 Mill. Malaceae. Apple. 



From Canada. Scions presented by W. R. 

 Leslie, Superintendent, Morden, Manitoba, 

 Experimental Farm. Received February 

 27, 1936. 



113822. Angus. 



113823. Elkhom. 



113824. Godfrey. 



113825. Gretna. 



113826. Manitoba (Duchess seedling.) 



113827. Manitoba Spy (Duchess seedling). 



113828. Manitof (Tetofsky seedling). 



113829. Mantet (Tetofsky seedling). 



113830. Manton. 



113822 to 113835— Continued. 



113831. Ostem (M-316). 



113832. Osman. '■'■ ' 



113833. Patricia. 



113834. RosiJda. 



113835. Trail. 



113836. Euchlaena mexicana Schrad. 

 Poaceae. Teosinte. 



From Guatemala. Seeds presented by Man- 

 uel Velasques, Departamento de Huehuete- 

 nango. Received February 21, 1936. 



113837 to 113844. 



From Africa. Seeds purchased from the 

 Mount Blgon Nurseries, Kitale, Kenya 

 Colony. Received January 31, 1936. 



Seeds of plants indigenous to eastern 

 Africa. 



113837. Bauhinia fassoglensis Kotschy. 

 Caesalpiniaceae. 



A scandent shrub with large suborbicu- 

 lar, leathery leaves, the leaflets connate, 

 and numerous large yellow flowers in 

 rather lax racemes. 



113838. Clematis inciso-dentata A. Rich. 

 Ranunculaceae. 



A woody climber, with pinnatisect 

 leaves and many large white flowers in 

 long axillary panicles. 



113839. CROTALARIA LACHNOCARPOIDES Engl. 



Fabaceae. 



A shrubby plant up to 4 feet high, with 

 lanceolate or linear-oblong leaflets 1 to 2 

 inches long and small, compact racemes of 

 orange-colored flowers. It is similar to 

 Crotalnria lachnocarpa, but has smaller 

 flowers. 



113840 to 113842. Delphinium spp. Ra- 

 nunculaceae. Larkspur. 



113840. Delphinium candidum Hemsl. 



A dwarf perennial delphinium, -with 

 palmately five-lobed leaves up to 5 inches 

 across and large white, sweet-scented 

 flowers. 



113841. Delphinium macrocentrum 

 Oliver. 



A perennial delphinium up to 6 feet 

 high bearing numerous blue-green to 

 deep-blue flowers. 



113842. Delphinium sp. 

 From Ethiopia. 



113843. Gloriosa virescens Lindl. Melan- 

 thiaceae. Glorylily. 



A vinelike perennial which supports it- 

 self by the tendril-bearing tips of the ob- 

 long-lanceolate leaves 3 to 6 inches long. 

 The yellow and red flowers, 1 to 3 inches 

 across and borne in a lax terminal corymb, 

 are reflexed and slightly undulate. 



For previous introduction see 102790. 



113844. Pent as lanceolata (Forsk.) 

 Schum. Rubiaceae. 



An erect evergreen shrub 2 to 3 feet 

 high, with linear-lanceolate, acuminate 

 leaves 2 to 4 inches long and pink flowers 

 over 1 inch long in dense terminal cymes. 

 Native to Mount Kilimanjaro, Kenya, at 

 5,000 feet altitude. 



